Born in Anderson County, she was a daughter of the late Walter Thomas and Cora Browning Lee Hawthorne. She was the owner of RJE Businesses in Alaska and S.C. She was a member of Mt. Springs Baptist Church.

She was born in Pickens County to the late Roy Rufus and Gladys Miller Tanner. She retired from Pickens County School District.

She was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Churh.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Jim D. Head of Rutherfordton, NC; two daughters, Sherry Lynch of Greenville and Gena Roberts of Manhattan Beach, CA; brother, Johnny Tanner of Piedmont; and sister, Donna Hall of Greenville; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Chapel of Robinson Funeral Home – Downtown. Entombment followed at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Pickens.

She was born in Spartanburg County, the daughter of Roy and Emogene Johnson Taylor of Columbus, NC.

She was employed with Anderson County School District 1 and was a member of First Baptist Church, Greenville.

Surviving in addition to her husband and parents are a daughter, Carrie Walker Nettles of Piedmont; brothers, Garry Taylor and Rickey Taylor, both of Campobello, and Darryl Taylor of Clinton; and two grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held Saturday, May 28 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Greenville with visitation following the service until 1 p.m. in the church parlor. Burial will follow in Green River Baptist Church in Rutherfordton, NC.